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Indonesia: In Jokowi's working meeting, the Ministry of Agriculture ensures sago and coconut continues to be developed

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Indonesia
Published Jul 14, 2022

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The Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) is committed to developing local mainstay commodities to strengthen domestic food needs. Among them is the development of sago and early maturing coconut as original products from Indonesia. The Director of Perennial Plants and Refreshments at the Director General of Plantations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Bagus, said that the planting of early maturing coconuts has been mapped in several areas. One of them is in North Sumatra and several other areas on the island of Java.

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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SUBANG - The Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) is committed to developing local mainstay commodities to strengthen domestic food needs. Among them is the development of sago and early maturing coconut as original products from Indonesia. The Director of Annual Plants and Refreshments at the Director General of Plantations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Bagus, said that early maturing coconut plantations have been mapped in several areas. One of them is in North Sumatra and several other areas on the island of Java. "We chose the two commodities (sago and coconut) because they are native Indonesian communities and we are currently developing them in several areas," said Bagus during a working visit by President Jokowi and Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo (Mentan SYL) at BBPadi, Subang Regency. , West Java, Tuesday (12/7/2022). Bagus hopes that the presence of the President in monitoring the process of developing seeds should be appreciated because many ...
Source: Republika
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